All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.

I don't see why we and the Chinese should have to be enemies.

Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.

My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.

I suspected [Richard Nixon] was very pro-Pakistan. Or rather I knew that the Americans had always been in favor of Pakistan - not so much because they were in favor of Pakistan, but because they were against India.

I assure you we'll go on making our decisions without worrying whether it pleases or displeases the Soviet Union, China, America, France, or anyone else.